Water circulating and heating system for stock-watering tanks and troughs



Feb. 10, 1931. DE w L N v 1,792,199

WATER CIRCULATING AND HEATING SYSTEM FOR STOCK WATERING TANKS AND TROUGHS Filed April 14, 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 1931- DE WITT E. TALLYN 1792,199

WATER CIRCULATING AND HEATING SYSTEM FOR STOCK WATERING TANKS AND TRQUGHS Filed April 14, 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 swoon Jo's Patented Feb. '10, 1931 U TED STATES,

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DE 'wr'rr E. rALLYN, or Benson; ILLINOIS wATEn orRoUL'ATmc-i Ann HEATING SYSTEM non srocx-wnrnnrne TANKS Ann i 3 TROUGHS Application. filed April 14,

This invention is a water circulating and heating system for stock watering tanks and troughs. The main object oi the invention is to provide a means for heating the drinking water for stock during the winter, for circulating the water through the troughs and for maintaining the water in the troughs at a constant level.

Another object is to provide a simple and efiicient means for accomplishing the above operations. 7

The foregoing and other objects together with means whereby the same may be carried into efiect will best be understood from the following description of several preferred embodiments of the invention taken in connection with the accompanying drawings wherein: v i Figure 1 is a side view of the'invention as installed in a hog house and adjacent thereto, said hog house beingshown in dotted lines.

Figure 2 is a detached plan view of the j 1: construction shown in Figure 1.- s

Figure 3 is a detail view of the automatic trough filling valve, the trough being shown in dotted lines.

Figure 4 is a detail end View of one ofthe water strainers in the supply tank.

7 Figure 5 is a plan view 01 the invention as adapted for supplying the water to several troughs and for heating the hog house, the

latter being shown in dotted lines.

v Figure 6 is an enlarged plan view of a portion of the system as shown in Figure 1 showing a means for returning the heated water direct to the supply tank without its entering the drinking trough.

Referring now more partlcularly to the 4 0 drawings, the reference character A designates a hog house or other building of con ventional form and B a water supply tank or stock watering tank situated in any desired position without the house A and supplied with water in the usual manner.

In carrying out the invention a conventional water heater 1 is seated some-what below the levelof the tank B as for instance in the pit 2 in the ground and the water from the tank B enters the inlet of this heater 1 -the heater 1 and where it enters theta'nk' B 1.93;). Seria1No.4 44,116O.

through a heater inlet pipe 3 provided within posed below the waterlevel in the tank but is above the strainer 4'. The pipe G'perferably, though n'ot'necessarily', has a slight upward slope from its beginning at the heater 1 to its end in 'thetan'k B, thisto facilitate the circulationof the; water as it" is heated by said heater. 'Extended into'fthe trough 5 is a branch pipe9'communicating with the-pipe 0 6 andprovidedat its free end with'a converttional'floatoperated valve 10.

Fromthe'foregoing it will be seen that the water'will flow from the tank B into the heater 1 and beheated therein and will then flowthrough the pipe 6 back into the tank B. Water fromthe pipe 6 will flow into the trough 5" through the valve .10 and will be mainta ined at a constant level therein by the float on said valve. In this'manner the stock willbe provided with heated drinking water I both in the trough 5 and tank B and since the pipe 6 carrying the heated water passes beneath the trough 5 it serves to further heat thistrough.

Beferring to Figure 6 two conventional. three-way valves 11' and 12 are shown mounted in the two branches of the pipe 6 adj acent the point where said pipe is connected to and a connecting pipe 13 connects the two valves. This arrangement allows the water when heatedby the heaterl to be diverted directly back to the tank B through the valves 11 and 12 and pipe 13 without entering the trough 5 when so desired. I i i Referring to Figure 5 the reference char acter C designates the hog house or building and D.the water supply or stock watering tank. The heater It is similar to the dem are mounted around the Walls of the building C or arranged in any other desired manner therein. A pipej18 is connected to the outlet ofthe heater '14 and makes a circuit 7 of the Walls of the building C and thenis eX-" Water as hereinbeiore described.

.\ tended into the tank Dwandprovided witl a strainer 19. Branch pipes 20 extend from the pipe 18 into 'eachofthetroughsifi and;

scribed valves 10 are provided on the ends of these pipes to supply-the=trougl1s with The system as illustrated in Figure 5 aside from heating the drinking Water serves also to heat the building C. Threaway valves and :1- connecting pipe therebetween (not shown) similar to the hereinbefore described valves 11 and 12 and pipe l3'may be arranged in thepipe 18 to divertthe heated Water back to the tank D when so desired. Obviously any number oftrou'ghs'l'? may be arranged around the building .and providedwith heated Water from the pipe 18. a I I When it is not necessary tosupply the troughswith heated vWaterthe Water in the supply tank maybeallowed to drop below the level of the outlet of lthe-heatingrsystem or trough supply pipesthus shutting off the circulation of Water but .at=the sametime maintaining a constant level of water'fin the troughs as Will beunderstood. It will be" obvious that/the supply .tank,- heater .and troughs may be arranged invarious Ways according to the exigencies ofeach'. installanecting the outlet of the Water heater and last mentioned pipe and entering the said drinking troughs and float operated valves on the said pipes entering the troughs, and means connecting the outlet 0]": the Water heater and ithe Water. supply; tank. to divert the Water directly back into the supply tank.

'3:*In"combination With a water supply tankfand drinkinggtrough, a Water heating and circulating system comprising a Water heatensitHated. gbelowthe. level of the .iuater float operated valves 21 similar to the de-nsupply tank, a heater inlet pipe connecting the inlet of the saidwater heater and the -,Water supply tank, a trough supply pipe 'the water' supply tank, pipes connected to the into'the Water supply tank-abovethe heater inlet pipe and a float operated valve -connected to 'the said 'drin-king trough'supply pipe to admitJWater-to the trough.

In testimony whereof I afix my signature.

' DE WITT E. TALLYN.

tion Without interferingvviththef operation I of the system as a Whole. .Also itfis under- .stood' that a Water circulating pump. maybe installed Whereits use is"found-necessa-ry to circulate the :Water .throu'ghuthe system.

I While Ihav'e here n setforth certalnwpre .ferred embodiments of myinvention it. is

understood-that I. may vary from the; same in minor structural details,.noti departing from the spiritof the invention. andWithin the scope of the. appended claims.

i I claim:

. 1. In. .combination with; a water .suppl tank and drinking-troughs, a water. heating and circulating system comprising a water heater, a pipe connectingtheinlet of the heater and Watersupply. tanlga pipe connecting the outlet of, the ,water. heater and the 'Water. .supply. tank, .pipes connected .to the last mentioned pipe and entering theQsaid drinking troughs and a fioat'operated. valve on the pipe entering thev trough. 1

' 2. In combination 'ivit-h a... Water supply tank and drinking troughs, a Water heating and circulating systemtcomprising a .Water heater, a .pipe connecting..,the: inlet-of. the

heater. andwater supplyjcank, a pipe con- 

